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<p id="pa01" num="0001">A method of handling hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement responses in a network of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises assigning resources for a plurality of physical hybrid indicator channels (PHICHs) and a plurality of extended physical hybrid indicator channels (ePHICHs) (302); and transmitting a HARQ acknowledgement response to a communication device of the wireless communication system on a channel selected from the plurality of PHICHs and the plurality of ePHICHs, after receiving an uplink transmission from the communication device (304).
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